Meet Our Team

Dental assistants

Linnie

Linnie is one of our dental assistants. She enjoys helping people gain a smile they can be proud of. Linnie’s favorite thing to do in her free time is to read. She also enjoys going to the beach. She is married with five children.

Chela

Chela has been a dental assistant since 2010. She had previously been a certified nursing assistant and moved to the dental field because she loves giving people back their smile. Her favorite parts of being a dental assistant are interacting with patients and watching the transition from start to finish on restoration cases.

Chela has been married for over 15 years and loves spending time with her husband and 2 beautiful daughters. She moved here in 2009 from Las Vegas, NV where she grew up. She and her family enjoy camping, BBQing and entertaining friends.

Front office staff

Dara

Dara was born and raised in Vancouver, WA. She graduated from Mt. View High School. GO Thunder! She was married in 2004 and has one child. She started working in the dental field on 2003 studying dental assisting from the skills center. She worked as an assistant for an oral surgeon in Vancouver. She now enjoys working in the front of the dental office.
In her spare time she enjoys volunteering in her son’s school and binge watching Netflix. She loves to read everyday and is usually in at least 3 book clubs at a time. Her most favorite thing in the world is her awesome little family and their epic Nerf gun wars!

Cindy

Began working in the medical and dental fields in 1997. She has worked as a financial counselor in the business office at a hospital in Texas, and another in California, in the front office for a Doctor, and a general dentist. She is currently taking care of the billing and patient accounts for our office. Her favorite aspects of her job is the interaction with patients.

She has been married to her husband Lester for 38 years, has 4 daughters, 3 sons-in-law, and 6 beautiful, talented, and amazing grandkids. When not at work you can find Cindy volunteering at Sharehouse in Vancouver once or twice a month, Refueling Washougal, and being involved with her church. She enjoys spending time with family, walking, reading, entertaining and being creative.

Tatiana

Tatiana is happy to join the team at ADS. She completed the Medical Office Specialist program at Clark College in 2011. Tatiana enjoys working with people, and working at the front desk gives her the best opportunity to do that. She is originally from Moldova. Tatiana also has a beautiful family of 5 and loves spending time with them. In her time off, she loves cooking, baking, traveling, and going to church.